smartphones

So I’m walking home last night, and I plug my earphones into my phone, which is a Droid RAZR. Why don’t you have an iPhone, Jack? Well, the thing is, I’m extremely Apple-loyal, always have been, but I don’t want them to totally run my life. Plus, I had a Verizon account, and they didn’t […]

Sunday night, my hard drive died. I wasn’t overly concerned—I have an external drive and something called “Time Machine” that supposedly backs up my data. And cost wasn’t an issue; after much effort (including zooming in on an upside-down photo of the bottom of my computer to read the serial number) I learned that my […]

5:15 p.m., Friday night, intersection of Houston and Sullivan, New York City. A smiling OLDER MAN approaches JACK. The older man looks like a typical NYC character–he’s been around. You might see him ordering a half pound of capicola at your local deli. JACK removes his earphones. OLDER MAN: Excuse me, do you know where […]